MeggieB
In the Brooder
- Jul 6, 2016
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So, my five 6 month olds have put themselves to bed at dusk in their coop ever since they first were put outside. I just go out and lock the coop gate behind them. I finally got my first egg a week ago!!! I figured out it was one of the barred rocks and she has laid almost every day since. A weird thing has happened though. The chickens stopped going into their coop to sleep and have been roosting on a bar outside under a playset where they sometimes hang during the day. Its not protected at all from weather or predators so every evening i go out and have to carry them each in one by one into the coop! The past two nights, only the laying barred rock has put herself to bed in the coop and the others outside on that same bar. Ummmmmm. What is this about?? They dont want to sleep where she lays?? There are nesting boxes and I figured they would all follow suit! These are my first 5 chickens. Advice please. ( Now i will start a new thread on how to introduce my 4 month old salmon faverolles to these 5 hens, one of whichnis a severe crossbeak and cant defend herself.)